Wire-hoop-lock-forming device.



NO. 823,556. PAT E TT EO JUNE 19,. 1906. H. s. SMITH. WIRE HOOP LOOK FORMING DEVICE.

T APPLIOATIOHYPILED JAN. 2. 1906.

,13%: I 4 qlm Km WITNESSES; INVENTOQ v Hag FY5511] ATTORNEY Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. June 19, 1906.

Application filed January 2, 1906. Serial No. 294.134.

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Be it known that LIIENRY S. SMI'rI-na citizen of theUn-ited States, IOSIdIn at Neenah, 1n the'county of Winneb ago and btate of Wisoonsin, haveinvented a new and useful I1n- .proveinent in a Wire-Hoop LockiForming .Device, of which the following'is a specification.

My lnvention relates .to a. device or tool for cutting off a wirefroin a coil of wire when said wire is placed around a pail, bucket, tub, or Other article to which it is desired to'secure said hoop, forming a bend near each end of the piece cut oil, twisting said two ends around each other, and v thereby drawing said wire tightly around the article upon wlnch the hoop 15 being placed and at the same .time' leaving theextreme ends of the bends in a each end of the wire hoop in a suitable posi- .vessel, the tool having been removed.

tion for being driven into the wood ol the article being hooped, the constructionof the device being shownin the accminpanying drawings,in which'- Figure 1 is a Front edge view of the toolstoek with the handles thereto in. theposition they occupy when the tool is to be placed upon a pail or other article ol turned ware that is to be hooped. Fig.- 2 is a rear edge view of the tool with its handles in the same position as in Fig. 1, its housing for covering its cog'wheels being broken away for show-' ing said. wheels. Fig 3 is a top view of the tool with its handles as in Figs. l and 2. Fig. 4 is a front edge view of the tool applied upon the outside ot a section ol a round vessel, the wire for the hoop being around the vessel and its ends cut oil from the coil and engaged by the tool and a bend l'ornied near each end of the wire. Fig. 5 shows a seetionol' a round vessel having the two ends ol" the wire as in Fig. 4 and twisted around each other with their extreme ends in position for being driven with a hammer into the stave of the Fig. 6 is an end view of the right-hand end of the tool,l. igs. .1 and 3. Fig. 7 is an elevation of one ol the spindles of the tool with its cogwheel thereon. other spindle and cog-wheel. Fig. 9 is a front edgl: View oi" the tm l-stoek. Fig. is a vertical section through thetool-stock a-nd its housing upon the line (b a ol Fig. 1.

Similar numerals indicate like parts in all of the views. 1 indicates the stockol the tool,- 2, a ham.

Fig. 8 is an elevation of the.

dle integral with or firmly-secured thereto.

3 ands are nearly similar spindles, each one having an open-ended slot 5 across one end and a cog-wheel 6 integral with or firmly secured upon the other end, the spindle in Fig. 8 having'a collar or enlargement 6* for holding the spindle from entering too far into the to0lstoek, said stock having two bores 7 of a like diameter for receiving the spindles. The spindlesinay be held from endwise movement in any convenient manner. In the pres ent case it is by forming a half-round roove 8 in the spindles and inserting around pin 9 through the stock, so as to engage with the grooves. 10 represents oil-holes in the top side of the tool-stock for lubricating the spindles. The spindles being inserted in their reheld l'rmnturningthereon.- In the present case it is by inserting in the handle gind'be tween two of the cogs 12 a pin 13. Each spindlelnrs a slot 5 of the proper width for receiving a wire ol the gage bein used. At

the right of the right-hand spind c, Fig. 1, a stop .14 is, fixed lor gaging the length of Wire which can enter the slot in the spindle. At l the lel't of the left-hand sp ndle into a channel 15 (see Fig. 9) a slicer-knife 16 is inserted, which may be held therein in any suitable manner, as by the set-screw 17. This shear is in position for causing the wire 18 after it has been carried from the coil of Wire at the left oi the operator (thecoil not being shown, only a piece 18) through the slot 5 in the left-hand spindle, around the artiele to be hooped, and its free end inserted into the slot in the right hand spindle to be cut oil from the. wire of the coil by the operator in turning the lever-l1ai 1dle 11 from its position in Fig. 1 to its position in Fig. 4 substantially a quarter-turn, said turning of the handle also making the bends 20 and 21. The tool is then turned one-half round in a. horizontal plane-that is, the operator standing in front ol? the tool swings the handle 2 l'rom him around to the right a half-circle and twists the two ends of the hoop inside of the bends around each other, as they are in- Fig. 5. The tool is then to be taken oil of the hoop ends, alter which the ends 2" and 23 t gs are to be driven with a hammer into the woo d of the article being hooped, the bends 2 and 21 tlush with. outer circumference of the hoop.

Upon the lower side of the tool-stock at its ends and rear is a housing n4 for protecting the article being hooped from being defaced by the cogs upon the rear ends of the spindles. T he housing ,is secured to the tool stock by means of screws 25, which are inserted into the rear end of the spindles and by means of the handle 2, and also, it necessary, by a screw 26 at the right-hand end of the tool-stock. Upon the front of the tool-stock and between its spindles it is cut away, as is shown in Figs. 1, 9, and 10, for providing room for the twisting of the two ends of the hoop around each other:

In applying a wire hoop to a pail, tub, or other article of turned ware a groove little larger than half of the diameter of the wire to be used is formed around said article at the places in which the hoop is required, into which the Wire is drawn in placing it around said article, so that the wire can be drawn tightly around said article by the operator before it is cut to the proper length.

Having described my invention, what claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. in a device for torn-ring a lock upon a wire hoop, a tool-stock, a handle fixed to one end thereof, two spindles geared together for a SliUUll'dU'IiOUS movement toward and from each other, mounted for revolution transvers ly of, and extending through and boyondsaid stock, means for preventing their endwise movement, an open-ended slot across each of said extending ends adapted for re cciving a wire, a stop arranged outside and adjoining one of said extending ends, a shear knife arranged outside of and adjoining the other extending end, a ievcr-hand e upon one of said spindles for turning the spindles a part of a revolution and thereby severing the wire from a coil of wire, making a substantially quarter-bend near each end of the severed wire and holding said ends in position for be ing twisted around each other, inside of said bonds, by a hall-turn of said tool in a horizontal plane and leaving the extreme ends of the wire of each bend in position for being driven into the wood of the article being hooped, substantially as described. I

In a device for forming a locks upon a wire hoop, a tool-stock, a suitable handle therefor, two spindles spaced apart, arranged transversely of said stock for a simultaneous movement toward and from each other, each spindle extending through and outside of said stock, means for preventingtheir endwiso movement, an open-ended slot in each extending end adapted to receive a wire, a stop arranged outside of and adjoining one of said ends, a shear-knife arranged. outside of and adjoining the other of said ends, a lever-handle arranged for turning the spindles a part of a revolution and thereby severing the length of wire necessary for a hoop from a (301i of wire, making a substantially quarter bend near each end of the severed wire and holding said bent ends in position for being twisted around each other at a point inside of said bends by a half-turn of said tool in a horizontal plane and leaving the extreme ends of the wire of each bend in position for being driven into the wood of the article being hooped, substantially as set forth.

3. In a device for forming a look upon a wire hoop, a tool-stock, a suitable handle therefor, two spindles spaced apart, arranged. transversely of said-stock for-a simultaneous movement toward and from each other, each spindle extending through and outside of said stock, means for preventing their endwise movement, an open-ended slot in each extending end adapted to receive a wire, a stop arranged outside of and adjoining one of said ends, a shear-knife arranged outside of and adjoining the other of said ends, a leverhandle arranged for turning the spindles a part of a revolution and thereby severing the length of wire necessary for a hoop from a coil of wire, making substantially quarterbend near each end oi the severed wire and holding said bent ends in position for being twisted around each other at a point inside of said bendsby a half-turn of said tool in a horizontal plane and leaving the extreme ends of the wire of each bend in position for being driven into the wood of the article be-.

ing hooped, and a housing partially covering the cogs or other mechanism for preventing the defaeement oi the article being hooped, substantially as described.

HENRY S. SMITH Witnesses:

H. W. Scnmnnnm, JACOB LIEBL. 

